Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 683
SOME UNFAMILIAR SEEDS AND NUTS A nut is a hard-shelled, one-seeded fruit, such asthe acorn, chestnut, beechnut, and others of thistype. A nut is a fruit, while a seed is part of afruit. Many nut-like objects are, perhaps, onlyseeds. The nutmeg is the single seed of a fleshy … «s^2?- THE BLOOM OF THE COCOANUT, TWO COCOANUTS, AND ONE OPENED TO SHOW, WITHIN THE THICK HUSK, THE NUT AS USUALLY SEEN. COCOANUTS (AT RIGHT AND LEFT); THREE CABBAGEPALMS NEAR THE CENTER. fruit, which bursts in two and shows the nutmegsurrounded by a coat (aril) full of holes, andwhich we know as…
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